I know what you’re thinking: I should have done this word on March 3rd, when everyone was still suffering after Shrove Tuesday. But then you’d have missed out on the joys of spring, [...]
Festival season is upon us and the mind naturally wanders to haplology. No, that’s not the science of urinating in a plastic pint pot while watching Kassabian, it’s a term coined by [...]
Cashback. That’s a peculiar word, isn’t it? What began as, “Would you like cash back?” has morphed into, “Would you like cashback?” – cashback being not just [...]
You may be experiencing a sense of déjà vu. I will explain. Last week’s Word of the Week was something of a red herring. The subject line of the email said the word was pilgrim but the [...]
*Warning: contains double entendres Alright, stop tittering at the back. There’s nothing amusing about the word chit, any more than there is about other everyday gardening terms, such as [...]
